Ready 4 K

Just heard about this program in Minnesota, on the Al Franken Show. Al was interviewing an economist who works for the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, in which capacity he is an advocate for early childhood development, arguing this case on the basis of return on investment, providing detailed statistics on the social economic benefits of birth-five educational programs for at-risk families. At-risk is always a buzz word. He defined it mostly in terms of poverty, but said that even going 200% over the poverty level, children, families and society would benefit from these programs. I might go a bit further myself, believing that in American society we might all benefit from a social support network to aid us in parenting skills, and in understanding more about childhood development.